Global election stats show surprising voter turnout patterns in 2024
Latest numbers from this years elections worldwide show unexpected voting trends from Asia to America. US election numbers indicate a slight drop while some Asian nations hit record-high participation
Latest data from Nov-5th shows US voter turnout reached 65% with about 158-million votes counted (which is lower than last elections record-breaking numbers)
Asian nations showed mixed results in early-24: Indonesia got amazing turn-out numbers with 82% of people showing up to vote in rain-soaked conditions — local shop-owners helped by giving away free drinks nʼ snacks to voters. Sri Lanka had good numbers too reaching 79% turn-out in its first big vote since money troubles hit emʼ about 2 years back
Some places didnt do so well with voting numbers this year:
- Pakistan got just 48% after keeping some leaders from running
- Bangladesh saw only 42% cause opposition didnt take part
- UK hit its worst numbers since early 2000s
- South Africa dropped to 59% — lowest since they started having fair elections
The University of Floridas Election Lab data shows interesting trends: while some countries are getting more people to vote others seem to be losing voters interest — its really different from place to place. In places like Indonesia (which has worlds biggest one-day election) local support made big difference; while political issues kept many away in other nations
